Seljuk
pronunciation
How to pronounce Seljuk in British English:
UK [selˈdʒju:k]
How to pronounce Seljuk in American English:
US [ˈsɛlˌdʒuk, sɛlˈdʒuk]
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- Noun:
- any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the Seljuks
Word Origin
- Seljuk
- Turkish dynasty of 11c.-13c., c. 1600 (Selzuccian), from Turkish seljuq, name of reputed ancestor of the dynasty.
Example
- 1. The most famous persian writer of all time , omar khayyam , wrote his rubayat of love poetry during seljuk times .
- 2. But less than a century after it became the armenian capital in 961 , the city began falling victim to waves of conquerors , including seljuk turks , georgians and mongols .
- 3. Likewise in the east were the seljuk turks who had infiltrated from their central asinan homeland into the islamic empire where they were employed as mercenaries by the baghdad caliphs .
- 4. When the saracens had ceased to be formidable , the seljuk turks appeared , and the empire found it difficult to hold its own against this foe as well as against the western powers of europe , and the barbarians of the north .